23 things in Friends that would be totally different today

Rachel's #OOTD game on Instagram is STRONG.

Jul 6, 2016

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Since gracing our TV screens for the first time in 1994, Friends has influenced the days of our lives (see what I did there) greatly. The lives and LOLs of Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Joey and Phoebe bought us laughter, heartbreak and divided us into either #TeamRoss or #TeamRachel. WE WERE ON A BREAAAAK.

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So, no one told you life was eventually gonna be this way in 2016 (sorry I will stop now), but would their lives be drastically different if the series was shot in the modern day? Well…

1. No one would be ordering from shopping catalogues like Pottery Barn because the shop would 100% have a website and/or an app. Goodbye Barneys and hello ASOS for Rachel. ?

2. Going to get a chick flick or a cheeky porno movie (with or without Phoebe's twin Ursula in it) from the video store is a thing of the past. Enter Netflix and chill.

Netflix and Chill in these bad boys

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3. 'Steevie the TV' would be replaced with a swanky flat screen. Or just a laptop. Who needs a TV unit when you can stream shows from the comfort of your bed? Oh and that day they got free porn? Yeah... try hitting up the Internet guys.

4. They wouldn't all be sleeping with each other, as they'd probs be on Tinder instead. In fact Chandler's love life in the early days would've been WAY more fruitful. Well, if there were some hot chicks frequenting the coffee shop who popped up on Happn.

5. Ross wouldn't be using a pager for work and would have an iPhone with a WhatsApp group chat called 'Dino work ladz'. #Bants.

7. That letter, 18 pages FRONT. AND. BACK. would be an email. Or a really long WhatsApp thread. "You fell asleep?!" ...more like, "I can see those blue ticks - why haven't you replied?!"

8. In fact, 90% of the conversations on Friends wouldn't exist, because it would all take place over WhatsApp.

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9. Ross would get to the correct airport to catch Rachel, because she'd checked in on Facebook. Oh and the whole Rachel/Ross/Julie airport situation never happens, because she'd already seen the 40 pictures Ross posted to Instagram with Julie tagged in. "Me and bae boarding the plane home ?"

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10. They'd probably be playing HeadsUP! on their iPad or Cards Against Humanity instead of foosball and strip poker – who even has a football table?

RIP foosball table

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11. Oh and drinking games. More drinking games.

12. Phoebe would be posting her music on YouTube and hating herself for selling out.

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13. Rachel would be all over Instagram with her workwear#OOTD. She'd also blog about her latest Bloomingdale hauls.

14. Monica would be losing her chill over her restaurant's TripAdvisor rating. She'd also be making a wedge renting out the flat on Airbnb. ?

15. Joey doesn't have money issues because, being a minor celeb, he'd just do a load of sponsored Instagram posts. Maybe being the face of 'lipstick for men' again.

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16. In the one where Rachel loses her shit the first time she leaves Emma alone, she would be much calmer because she'd be FaceTiming her from the table.

17. The moment Ross says Rachel's name instead of Emily's at his wedding is caught on camera. And goes viral.

Ross ready to catch the action

18. Rachel wouldn't leave Ross an embarrassing answering machine voicemail telling him how she feels when he is with Julie (because who checks voicemail IRL any more?). She'd be drunk texting instead. "IT'zz caLlED clozzuuurEE."

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19. Rachel finds out that Ross cheated on her via social media instead of Gunther. Chloe from the copy place posted the whole night out and their snog to her Snapchat story. (Oh, also she doesn't work at a 'copy place' because who the hell goes to a shop to photocopy anything any more?)

20. Everyone knows about Monica's weight-loss via Facebook or Instagram, as she is constantly posting her progress and meal plans.

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21. Chandler's now vaping into people's faces instead of smoking. Smookesalotlady would be doing the same. Monica is still not impressed.

22. Ross and Mike would never learn the difference between lager and beer from an encyclopaedia, they would have just Googled it. Scene over.

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23. Mike would have been a house DJ and not a piano player because, who even knows where their local piano bar is?

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